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19. They pay their membership dues with their SS benefits, and laugh about it.

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 02:30 PM

Dec 2012

No "welfare queen" ( I use the term sarcastically) ever felt the same amount of entitlement as do the rich.

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are there any proposals to reduce SS benefits to the wealthy? [View all] liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 OP

Lindsay Graham has put Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #1

They paid in, the contract should be honored. Downwinder Dec 2012 #2

in theory I agree with you liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #4

I don't think there is any proposal to end their benefits, Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #11

I'm curious meanit Dec 2012 #29

I think I am slated for age 82. Downwinder Dec 2012 #30

What is substantial investment income? n/t Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #12

I have a modest private pension... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #24

Wealthy To The GOP Is Anyone Making Over $30,000 A Year TheMastersNemesis Dec 2012 #5

Are there any proposals to reduce the gap between rich and poor? leftstreet Dec 2012 #6

Lot's of proposals for "means testing." Hoyt Dec 2012 #7

I hope not, because there shouldn't be. It's not welfare. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #8

I'm not sure poor people take SS early.... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #9

my father and father in law both took it early liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #10

There are always exceptions, of course. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #16

no, no additional income liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #18

Whoa... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #25

They paid into it and are just as much entitled. duffyduff Dec 2012 #13

Social Security is one of the most popular government programs mythology Dec 2012 #31

They pay their membership dues with their SS benefits, and laugh about it. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #19

They get taxed on it as part of their high income. mainer Dec 2012 #20

Well, Obama only wants them to pay a "little bit" more in taxes forestpath Dec 2012 #21

Reagan ProSense Dec 2012 #23

I hope not. Cleita Dec 2012 #22

Speaking for myself Turbineguy Dec 2012 #26

I'm against anything that chips away at benefits. limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #27

Social Security's technical name... Jeff In Milwaukee Dec 2012 #28

SS is already means tested buzzroller Dec 2012 #32